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The EAPA exam has 65 questions and runs 1 hour 45 minutes.
These 10 free EAPA questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the ArcGIS Pro Associate 2101 blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Data Management 34% of exam
Question 1
A delivered feature class has an Unknown spatial reference. The supplier confirms that its unchanged coordinate values are WGS 1984 UTM Zone 18N. Your assignment has two deliverables: repair the original feature class's spatial-reference metadata and create a separate feature class with coordinates stored in WGS 1984 Web Mercator. What workflow meets both requirements?
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Correct answer: B - Define the original as WGS 1984 UTM Zone 18N, then Project it to WGS 1984 Web Mercator.
Question 2
An existing pipe feature class uses PipeType subtypes: 1 = Distribution and 2 = Transmission. The Pressure field has an inclusive 40-80 psi range domain for Distribution and an 80-150 psi range domain for Transmission. A record stores PipeType = 1 and Pressure = 110. The signed inspection record confirms a transmission pipe and a measured pressure of 110 psi. How should the validation failure be resolved?
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Correct answer: C - Change PipeType to 2 and retain the verified pressure of 110 psi.
Question 3
A categorical habitat raster uses 1 for wetland, 2 for grassland, and 3 for woodland. It must be reprojected without interpolating class codes. Small wetland patches must not be reassigned merely because another class dominates the surrounding neighborhood. In Project Raster, the appropriate resampling method is:
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Correct answer: A - Nearest neighbor
Domain 2: Data Manipulation 18% of exam
Question 4
A utility is preparing a graduated-color map of water-main failures relative to the amount of pipe in service. During the same year, North District had 96 failures, 120 km of mains, and 18 square kilometers of land; South District had 70 failures, 50 km of mains, and 32 square kilometers of land. Which statement correctly compares failures per 100 km of mains?
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Correct answer: B - South has the higher frequency: 140 versus 80 failures per 100 km of mains.
Question 5
During an evacuation briefing, a road-closure layer is supposed to show closures in force at the map's selected time. A road closed from 09:10 to 14:30 disappears when the display advances to 11:00. The layer uses StartTime as a single time field; complete StartTime and EndTime values are available, and the time zone is correct. What configuration change is needed before this map is used to brief responders?
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Correct answer: C - Configure each closure with StartTime and EndTime as its time interval.
Question 6
A definition query on a file-geodatabase layer must retain Active or Planned facilities whose Capacity exceeds 250, plus Active or Planned facilities with an unknown Capacity. Retired facilities must be excluded even when Capacity is NULL. Which SQL expression selects exactly that set?
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Correct answer: D - Status IN ('Active', 'Planned') AND (Capacity > 250 OR Capacity IS NULL)
Domain 3: Visualization 14% of exam
Question 7
An external consultant must continue work on a project containing two maps, a local scene, and a print layout. All required datasets are local files or file-geodatabase data; there are no web-service dependencies. The consultant has compatible ArcGIS Pro software but cannot access your folders. What should you send as a single file to transfer the project and its editable data?
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Correct answer: A - A project package (.ppkx) containing the required data.
Question 8
"The basemap opens, but the inspection sites are unavailable." That is the report from members of an authorized inspection group using an ArcGIS Online web map. The owner sees everything. The web map is shared with the group, but its hosted feature layer is owner-only. The sites are confidential, and the group needs interactive access. What is the minimum necessary access change?
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Correct answer: B - Share the hosted feature layer with the same authorized group.
Domain 4: Sharing 11% of exam
Question 9
The deliverable is a district polygon layer containing a complaint count for every district, including zero counts. Some districts have several complaints. Districts do not overlap, and no complaint falls on a boundary. For Spatial Join using the Intersect match option, select the configuration that retains one polygon per district.
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Correct answer: D - Target: districts; join: complaints; Join one to one; keep all target features.
Question 10
Flood-hazard boundaries cross zoning polygons. The required output contains only the overlapping portions, split at both sets of boundaries, with ZONE_CODE from the zoning data and HAZARD_CLASS from the hazard data. All required licenses are available. Which single operation produces this output directly?